Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow

Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

Background

The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) was founded in 1985 to pursue a free-market approach to environmental issues. They describe their role as “relentlessly infusing the environmental debate with a balanced perspective on environmental stewardship.”

According to Media Matters[1], CFACT's main focus is promoting what it describes as “destructive environmental policies,” and it has “waged a decades-long war on environmental activism.” [1]

In 2009, CFACT hired Marc Morano[2], a former spokesman for Sen. James Inhofe[3], to run ClimateDepot.com. According to Morano, the site was designed to offer research and environmental news that questions the theory of man-made global warming.

Stance on Climate Change

“Many climatologists and astrophysicists believe recent sun spot, Pacific Ocean and global temperature trends suggest that our planet may have entered a cool phase that could last for 25 years. If that is the case, the additional carbon dioxide being emitted by China, India and other developing countries could bring a major additional benefit: helping to protect wildlife habitats, enhance oceanic biota and preserve crop yields under sub-optimal climatic conditions.” [2]

CFACT is a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition, which describes its aim as [4]“dispelling the myths of global warming through sound science and analysis.” [3]

Funding

CFACT has received over $4.1 million in funds from Donor's Trust and Donor's Capital Fund between 2002-2011, plus an additional $582,000 from ExxonMobil between 1998-2012, according to Greenpeace's updated report, Dealing In Doubt[5].

CFACT President David Rothbard signed a letter to President Bush[58] that asked him to withdraw the “Climate Action Report 2002.”

The letter summarized that Bush should direct that the report “be re-written on the basis of sound science and without relying on discredited products of the previous administration.”

The report adds that Bush should “dismiss or re-assign all administration employees who are not pursuing your agenda, just as you have done in several similar instances.” [11]

September 27, 2000

CFACT and the National Center for Public Policy Research awarded Congressman Helen Chenoweth- Hage (R-ID) the new “Friend of American Freedom Award[59]” which recognized her for her “distinguished record of defending the United States against environmental treaties, United Nations (U.N.) programs and other globalist policies that pose a threat to the nation's sovereignty.” [12]